Cs2?

Currently use Elements V.3 and Capture 4.4. . any reason to upgrade to Elements V.5 or CS2? Having reviewed CS3 briefly; I have no need for it. I purchased Capture NX and didn't like it. I have no interest in anything but processing images. thanks.

The CS3 offers better control and greater flex in RAW convesion than in CS2. I have CS2, CS3, Lightroom, and NX. I use them all for various things, as each have their pluses. For example: I use NX when I need to to quickly establish color control point adjustments or I am working with high ISO files (which I try to avoid) - all without complex masking in PS. I use CS2 when I need to use all of those plug-ins that I have adn simply can't do without (from FM's stuff and PK), as most of them won't work in CS3 and I have not bought new ones yet. I use CS3 for RAW converstion when I don't need color point control, or I might be interested in B&W converstion, or I find that fill light will be better used than D-light. I use LR (hate the dbase) when I need to do some things fast, like making a number of the same corrections to a large number of files. Although I have two copies of LR, I see myself going away from it. I have found that I can do just about anything that I need to do in Breeze Browser vs LR, less the RAW conversion. The RAW conversion in BBP is fairly poor.

Again, I try hard to avoid these shooting situation but sometimes I simply can't. When shooting from a vehicle in Africa, you shoot what is presented to you with your limited varabiles only being what you can do in the camera and maybe slight movement of the vehicle. Africa shots can be found here: http://www.pbase.com/hanna_man/africa
Randy

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